Improvement in hose



EDWARD' L. PERRY. OF'NEW'YQRK, N. Y.

Letters Patent .No.'85,395, dated December 29, 18m.

mPRovnMr-.NT IN Hasi-:

The Schedule referred to in these Lette-:s Patent amimaking part di' thesame.

To all whom it may contara:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. PERRY, of the city, county, and State ofNew. York, have invented a new and useful 'Improvement' in Hose; and-ldo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and 'exactdescription thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

`The object of this invention is to provide hose for reLengines andother purposes, with meansfor coupling them together or to thehydrant-plug, and with nozzles, at much less costtiian those now in use.

It consists inconstructing the ends of rubber hose \of the proper sizeand fol-,n1 internallyto be stretched over the vends of metalliccoupling-joints or the nozzles of fire-plugs, and providing the saidends externally with rings or other ,suitable ifastenings, Vwhichmaybeforced over the said ends after they have been so stretched on vthe saidparts, and thereby press the yielding material of the hose into thescrew-threads or grooves of the said parts, making water-tight joints,the said ends of the hose being tapered to cause the said ringsorfastenings to more effectually produce tight joints.

Italso consists in constructing the nozzle for the hose in one piece,and of thesame material of -which the hose is composed.

' The leather or rubber hose, as at presentconstructed i and sold inmarket, requires expensive metal flttings for joining, by screw-threads,tc the plugs, or for uniting the several joints together. Also,expensive metallic nozzles, which are also joined to the hose bymetallic joints, which require to be madewith great exactness, but whichfrequently leak, although expensively constructed, and Whichare veryliable to be damaged by falling on the pavement, o r by being jammed invany manner. The nozzles are also liable to be badly bent and misshapedfrom falling. They are also troublesome to take care of, as the'hosecannot he wound on the hose-reel, and must be unscrewed from the hoseand separately provided for.

In the case of hose for Washing sidewalks, it isfrequently the casethat-the littings cost as much as the hose.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a hose-pipe constructed accordingto my improvement, and provided with a nozzle and the means of joiningto a Ere-plug;

Figure 2 shows the same method of joining tol a faucet; and

Figure 3 shows the method of coupling two joints together.

'Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.,

In the manufacture of rubber hose, Ipropose to construct the ends to bejoined together, or'to a re# plug or faucet, of standard internal sizes,which' will admit of being stretched over the nozzles of the said plugsor faucets, or the coupling-joints, and externally tapering the saidends, .is shown in the several figures,- andprovde them with metallicrings A, or any other similar means, for clamping the ends to the plugs,or

the ends may bestraight and the rings may be internally tapered, therebypressing the substance o'f the said ends .into the screw-threads oftheplugs, as ordinarily formed, for'joining the ordinary screwed. metalvconnections, or into plain grooves with which the said.

plugs may be provided, or the suifaces may be smooth, if preferred. Forjoining" sections together, I propose to use short metallic joint, B,the ends of which may be straight or tapered, and either plain orprovided with grooves, and secure the. ends of the said sections to it,as before described.

4 I also propose to form the nozzle. of the same ma-V terial as that ofwhich the hose is composed, and at the same time, whereby a verymaterialsaving in expense will be effected.

O, iig. l, represents a nozzle, so formed in connection with the hose,which being as flexible as the hose, cannot suffer from falling orbruising, asin the case of 'the metallic nozzles', and which may also bebent in any direction, to give direction to the water.

I propose to provide hose with nozzles, and fitted to be joined on tothe plugs, as described, -ofA various lengths and sizes, suitable forall uses, as for washing sidewalks, yards, or for use on' fire-engines,whereby I Y cansupply the .trade with all desirable lengths.

'for the purposespeciii'ed.

2. .The combination of the exteriorly-tapering end, D, of the hose, withthe tube B, havinga screwethread on its exterior, the part D beingpressed into the screwthreads B, by means of a ring, A, allsubstantiallyas shown and described.

The -above specification ofmy invention signed Aby me, this 10th day ofJune, 186

Witnesses: EDWARD L. PERRY.

FRANK B'LooKLEY, lALEX. F. ROBERTS.

